just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
And they open the bonsai area at 10am....even though the arboretum opens earlier...closed at 4pm.
And they open the bonsai area at 10am....even though the arboretum opens earlier...closed at 4pm.
Here’s one I saw today at the Carolina Bonsai Expo
And yet the best part is the trunk, which is very unusual for an ERC, and to be improved, it would require changing foliage! Then it would not be at all recognizable as ERC.Here’s one I saw today at the Carolina Bonsai Expo
Some tree species definitely have the potential to make good bonsai. They have good bonsai traits.
Some tree species definitely have traits that make it likely that their best will be poor bonsai.
Most of us have some of each. I did dump all my ERC, when they all came down with cedar apple rust. But I do have my Magnolia, and a few others that will never make great bonsai. I keep them because I enjoy them. I am realistic, and have no plans for showing them, as they are not good bonsai. They are fun for me, but nothing special.
It’s been 4 years and the rust has yet to return…You won’t get rid of that rust. It is only one of the many problems with ERC. Have fun training it you want, but eventually you will realize ERC is a trash tree. Don’t judge how other juniper species respond to Bonsai training by this one.
I’ve never seen rust on an erc in a pot; albeit, never on the few of mine since hardly seen the species elsewhere in cultivation.It’s been 4 years and the rust has yet to return…
You’ve been fortunate so far. Has It developed into a nice bonsai in those 4 years?It’s been 4 years and the rust has yet to return…
If you ever find it on a trunk, get some DMSO and use it straight from the container with a cotton swab. The rust will soak it up and die.I've had some cedar apple rust show up on a couple of procumbens juniper I had believe it or not. Fortunately it was in spots that I could just prune the infected branches off and burned them.
Saw it for a couple of years and that was it. I've never seen it again *crosses fingers*
I’m allowing it to grow unchecked so the trunk gets thicker, I’ll post an updated picture in just a few.You’ve been fortunate so far. Has It developed into a nice bonsai in those 4 years?
I am brand new to bonsai so I have been mainly studying as opposed to actually working on trees. I only have 2 Junipers I am working on so far. In my studies I find very few people using Eastern Red Cedar as bonsai material. I was wondering why this is since it is almost impossible to look around in North Carolina without seeing one. I have hundreds of them on my property and it would be nice to work on a native tree.